Session #97 · 1981–83

Speech #970020681

A third "easy" reform we might make would be to back up a bit on some of the measures by which Congress has redressed what it regarded as its just grievances against the President. In fact. we have gone too far. and a prudent pause may be in order. Rambunctious military activities by Presidents Johnson and Nixon led Congress to enact the War Powers Act. letting Congress in the nick of time into the warmaking process. But Congress should think twice before it again impinges on executive control of our foreign policy. as it did on the GreekCyprus issue and on the question of Soviet emigration. Again. Congress was right to dethrone the tyrannical seniority system in the 1970s.
Keywords matched
emigration

Classification

Target group
None Specific
Sentiment
Neutral
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
75%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Legal / procedural

Speaker & context

Speaker
HENRY REUSS
Party
D
Chamber
H
State
WI
Gender
M
Date
1981-04-08
Speech ID
970020681
Paragraph
#0
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